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RECORD EVENT REPORT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
946 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...NEW STATE RECORDS FOR WETTEST AUGUST AND MONTH IN MINNESOTA...

DURING AUGUST 2007...THE NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ONE MILE SOUTH OF 
HOKAH MINNESOTA /HOUSTON COUNTY/ RECORDED 23.86 INCHES OF 
PRECIPITATION. THIS EXCEEDED NOT ONLY THE AUGUST MONTHLY 
PRECIPITATION RECORD /16.52 INCHES IN ALEXANDRIA IN AUGUST 1900/ FOR 
MINNESOTA...BUT ALSO THE WETTEST MONTH EVER RECORDED IN MINNESOTA 
/17.90 INCHES AT THE MINNESOTA/ST. PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN 
JULY 1987/.

THE MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE IS IN AGREEMENT THAT 
THE HOKAH VALUE OF 23.86 INCHES SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS A PRELIMINARY 
RECORD MONTHLY RAINFALL FOR ANY MONTH AND FOR AUGUST IN THE STATE OF 
MINNESOTA.  ONCE THIS VALUE PASSES THROUGH FULL QUALITY CONTROL AT 
THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER IN ASHEVILLE NORTH CAROLINA THIS 
VALUE WILL BECOME THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

THE MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATE EXTREMES COMMITTEE IS COMPOSED OF 
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ FIELD 
OFFICES...MINNESOTA STATE CLIMATOLOGY OFFICE...MIDWESTERN REGIONAL 
CLIMATE CENTER...NWS CENTRAL REGION HEADQUARTERS...AND THE NATIONAL 
CLIMATIC DATA CENTER.

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BOYNE